Title: Add HTML using Filter Hooks
Last modified: August 20, 2016
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# Add HTML using Filter Hooks
* [JonMeek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonmeek/)
* (@jonmeek)
* [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-html-using-filter-hooks/)
* I am trying to add some HTML code to a child theme. I know I can create templates
for my child theme to override the parent theme’s files, but I am trying to see
if there is a way to do it in the functions.php file.
* I want to add a little HTML right after the header.php file, and then right before
the footer.php file. I am thinking that filter hooks should be the way to do
this, but I can’t find the right hooks. Am I looking in the right direction?
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* Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
* (@jdembowski)
* Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
* [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-html-using-filter-hooks/#post-2636521)
* Does it have to be exactly right after the header and right before the footer?
It’s really easy to output HTML using `wp_head` and `wp_footer` filters.
* ```
add_filter( 'wp_head' , 'your_function' );
function your_function() {
echo '';
}
```
* and
* ```
add_filter( 'wp_footer' , 'your_other_function' );
function your_other_function() {
echo '';
}
```
* Thread Starter [JonMeek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonmeek/)
* (@jonmeek)
* [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-html-using-filter-hooks/#post-2636610)
* Hey Jan, thanks for the reply.
* Yep, I did try wp_head just as you suggested. The problem with that is it places
the code inside the HTML tag.
* To be a little clearer about what I’m trying to accomplish: I have created a
child theme for Twenty Eleven, and I want to add a div between the “branding”
and “main” divs.
* Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
* (@jdembowski)
* Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
* [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-html-using-filter-hooks/#post-2636719)
* > I have created a child theme for Twenty Eleven, and I want to add a div between
> the “branding” and “main” divs.
* Ah, that makes sense. Doing via hooks is attractive but I think the only way
to pull it off reliably is to modify a child theme’s copy of the parent template
file.
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* Last reply from: [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
* Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-html-using-filter-hooks/#post-2636719)
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